On Mon, 18 Apr 1994 12:30:57 -0400 Ashley Lindsay Salisbury said: >I am looking for any resources on the laugh track for a research project. >If anyone knows anything about the history, current use, etc., or would like You might already know Ron Rosenbaum's article, "Kanned Laughter," originally published in Esquire, 1975, and reprinted in James Monaco's anthology, Media Culture (NY: Delta, 1978). Personally, I think one of the tremendous values of a resource like Screen-L is the possibility of casting a net for resources as far as possible. When faced with request like this one, however, I wish I had some idea of the research that's already been done. I'd like to feel I was adding to a bibliography, not starting one when the resources to build a basic reading list are (in most cases) readily accessible. Blaine Allan [log in to unmask] Film Studies Queen's University Kingston, Ontario Canada K7L 3N6